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100

This railroad built the western portion of the transcontinental railroad.

What is the Central Pacific Railroad?

100

What is the name of the way we classify locomotive wheel arrangements here in the United States of America.

What is Whytes Classification?

100

This company started in New York City in 1900.

What is Lionel Trains?

100

This locomotive is located in Owosso, Michigan at the Steam Railroading Institute. 

What is the Pere Marquette 1225?

100

This railroad built a 3 foot narrow gauge line south out of Denver, Colorado? 

What is the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad?

200

This was the last railroad to run mainline steam in the United States of America.

What is the Norfolk & Western Railway?

200

This part of the steam locomotive firebox is an important part that water should never go beneath when the locomotive is running.

What is the crown sheet?

200

This company makes many popular starter sets in Ho scale, N scale, & G scale.

What is Bachmann Trains?

200

This line was formed from the Colorado & New Mexico governments in 1970.

What is the Cumbres & Toltec scenic railroad?

200

This railroad operated a steep grade between North and South Carolina.

What is the Saluda Grade ran by the Southern Railway?

300

This railroad built a line through the Mohawk Valley.

What is the New York Central railway?

300

This was the name of the first type of train coupler.

What is the link and pin?

300

This company has a Lionel 400E in their logo.

What is MTH Trains?

300

This locomotive is located in Roanoke, Virginia.

What is the N&W 1218?

300

The Santa Fe (AT&SF) Built over this mountain pass in southern Colorado. 

What is Raton Pass?

400

This was the first railroad to build standard gauge south out Denver, Colorado.

What is the Denver & New Orleans?

400

The prime mover in a Diesel locomotive turns what to provide electricity to the traction motors.

What is the Generator?

400

This company started in Japan and is popular in Ho and N scale.

What is Kato Trains?

400

This railroad runs old geared locomotives in Virginia.

What is the Cass Scenic Railroad?

400

This railroad built numerous lines in the state of Michigan.

What is the Pere Marquette railway?

500

this is a railroad that ran in the upper peninsula of Michigan

What is the Lake Superior & Ishpeming? 

500

What is the name of the thing that comes into contact with the power lines that electric trains use.

What are pantographs?

500

What was Lionel's first scale locomotive.

What is the New York Central Hudson? 

500

This short line railroad system in Ohio ran an old Grand Trunk Western Railroad steam locomotive?

What is the Ohio Central Railroad and what is the GTW 6325

500

Two former B&O Mainlines cross in this Ohio town?

What is Deshler, Ohio?